Sally McGuire

Friends and family mourn the loss of Sally McGuire of Peconic Landing, who passed away March 26, 2025, after a brief illness. She was 89.

Born June 14, 1935, in Bayside, Queens, to Harry and Nellie Egan, Sally graduated from Bayside High School, and worked in publishing at Ladies’ Home Journal and The New Yorker while attending Columbia University in the evenings.

In 1961, she married Jerry McGuire of the Bronx, and together they raised three children in Glen Head, N.Y. Once her children were older, Sally returned to the workforce as assistant to the dean of student fffairs at Long Island University C.W. Post, where she also earned her bachelor’s in English literature and a master’s in Counseling.

A lifelong weekend North Forker, Sally retired in 1997 and moved full time to her beloved Cutchogue home, filled with antiques and treasures from her lifetime love of yard sales. Retirement also opened the world to her and brought her the freedom to travel extensively, including trips to Europe, across the U.S. and mainland China.

In her later years, she was active in her church community and volunteered as an English tutor for migrant families. Above all, she cherished time with her family, many of whom joined her on the North Fork in their own retirements.

Sally was predeceased by her sister, Susan; and is survived by her sisters, Maureen (Paul) Clancy of Southold and Kathleen Smith of Orient; her children: Chris (Tess), of Los Angeles, Robert, of New York City, and Nancy (Michael) Miller of East Norwich; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

A funeral mass was held at Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church in Mattituck March 31.

Horton-Mathie Funeral Home in Greenport assisted the family.

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